A Rope from the Sky: The Making and Unmaking of the World's Newest State

ZACH VERTIN is an American writer, foreign policy analyst, and former diplomat. He has spent the last twelve years working in international politics and peace and conflict issues. He is currently a Lecturer of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Doha Center. He previously served in the administration of President Barack Obama, and was closely involved in the South Sudan peace process 2014–16. He served as a Senior Analyst for the International Crisis Group in Sudan and South Sudan, and an adviser on UN operations and multilateral affairs in New York. He has written or commented for The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, The Economist, CNN, Al Jazeera, Guardian, Le Monde, Reuters, Bloomberg, and National Public Radio.